Polestar Charging Q&A | Hear From The Expert | Drive.com.au

Crippled by range anxiety? Confused about charging? Here’s what you need to know about owning a Polestar electric car. 

00:00 Introduction
00:44 Charing Time From Wall Socket
01:16 Plug Types
1:52 Fastest Charging Time
02:39 Impact Of Using Climate Control On Range
03:58 Impact Of Fast Driving On Range
04:35 How To Extend Your Range?
05:27 Cruise Control & Consumption
06:12 One-Pedel Driving & Consumption
08:08 Home Electrical System & Daily Charging
09:12 Optimal Charge Percentage
09:53 How Does Temperature Affect Range?
11:00 Good Energy Consumption
11:31 Polestar 2 Wallbox
12:16 Battery Capacity Degradation

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[danielhockin]

Good questions Susannah. I have added a bit that may help with understanding some of the topics a little more..

-How long does it take to charge an electric car if I plug it into my wall socket at home?
As Matt said, every car is different, but for AC charging on a domestic plug with 230V at 10A, it's purely a function of battery size. 10A equates to 2.3kW. So just divide your battery capacity (or how much of it you intend to charge) by 2.3 and you have how long it will take.. eg 64kWh/2.3kW= approx 28hrs
A typical Wallbox home charger on single phase power ramps this up to 32A /7.4kW. Using the same example, this would take 8.6hrs. (64/7.4) AC charging speed is limited by the cars onboard charger and is typically 7kW

-What are the different charging plug types?
For AC charging - Type 1 or Type 2 plug. ALL new EVs on the market today use Type 2.
For DC charging - CCS 1 (BMW i3), Chademo (Leaf) and CCS 2. ALL new EVs on the market today use CCS 2.

-What is the fastest possible charging time for an electric car?
As Matt again says, it's dependent on the car and charger. More specifically, its a function of how much power the charger can deliver (fastest is 350kW currently in Oz) and how much the car can accept* (up to 250kW with Ioniq 5/Porsche Taycan)
So if the charger can deliver 100kW, and the car can accept 100kW and you are charging an 80kWh battery between from 10 and 80% (meaning total of 56kWh) it will take 0.56 x 1hr or 33mins
*The cars charge curve also comes into play here, as this dictates how much charge the car can accept at a given temperature and capacity.

-Does using the climate control, seat heating and sound system lower my electric car's range?
Essentially seat heating, steering wheel heating, lights, sound, wipers etc, all use the 12V system and will not effect range.
Climate control, and the external temperature effect on the battery, will.
You can see this on most EVs on the touchscreen that will break down energy use to Climate, Motor Power, Electronics etc. By turning things on and off you see very quickly the effect on Range.

-Does driving fast burn through electric range more quickly than driving slowly?
Speeds effect on range is down to the aerodynamic efficiency of the car. Its exponential, and so as speed rises, so does drag, and therefore needs more energy to maintain the same speed. Some cars have a lower coefficient of drag than others. The other big factors on range are mass, and more specifically, lifting this mass up a hill, but remember the opposite is true when you go down hill and this energy goes back into the battery via regen.

Hope this helps.. Dan_EV Curious

[MatthewBayard]

So most do 40kms a day... that can be covered with a 10amp socket overnight. Only if you drive over 200kms a day do you need faster than 10mps.

[vonholtz]

Get the wall box. Charging into an outlet (esp. w/ an extension cord) is the antithesis of efficiency. You'll be like "Why is it still at 74%???"

[p.goonan]

Excellent everyday common questions that most of us want to know. Particularly the ones about regentative braking. We'll answered also.

[johnmerriner]

Power in VS Power out same as a petrol car the more harder u drive the more u need to charge

[Richard]

This is all about selling there cars, not the truth about charging the real problem in Australia, tell the truth.